Big South Cancels All Spring Athletic Activities for Remainder of 2019-20 Season
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – The Big South Conference today announced that it is cancelling all regular-season competition, conference championships, and athletics activities that are required or that include coach involvement, through the remainder of the 2019-20 season due to the ongoing concerns surrounding the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The decision was made by the league’s Council of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in consultation with the Council of Athletics Directors to protect the health and well-being of student-athletes, coaches, staff and fans.
In the event a member institution reopens for the 2020 spring semester and conducts in-person, on-campus classes, any permissible athletics activities, as defined by NCAA regulations, with the exception of competition, will be at the discretion of that institution. Each institution will continue to work in accordance with its respective university and state policies related to its individual campus decisions.
Commissioner Kyle Kallander issued the following statement to the Big South's student-athletes: